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He can crank out the grind with the best of them, and his electric chops have helped to establish his band Green Day as the premier punk band of its generation. But Billie Joe Armstrong has proved his prowess at a more nuanced acoustic tune time and again. The acoustic guitar propelled Green Day’s international mega-hit “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” and was a cornerstone of the band’s epic 2004 release American Idiot. Through it all, Armstrong’s instrument of choice has been a Gibson.

To honor his achievements, Gibson introduces the Billie Joe Armstrong J-180, crafted by

Green Day closes out its 2010 world tour in Costa Rica with a 3 1/2 hour long, 43-song set.

The world's premier punk rock band energized Ricardo Saprissa Stadium

As counter-culture as they are commercial, as menacing as they are melancholy, the premier punk rock band of the last two decades, Green Day, blitzed the near-capacity crowd at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium Friday night with a feverish, turbulent three-and-a-half hour show that strummed its way into the wee minutes of early Saturday morning. (Click here to see the 43-song set list).